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Serbia Today, 96-09-19Serbia Today Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: Yugoslavia <http://www.yugoslavia.com>Serbia Today19 September 1996CONTENTS
[01] CHRISTOPHER ANNOUNCES END OF BLOCKADEThe U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher greeted yesterday as an outstanding success the outcome of the elections in Bosnia and announced final lifting of sanctions against Yugoslavia. "The international community and the USA were right to insist on holding of the elections in Bosnia, in spite of pressures by certain political circles who were demanding postponement of the elections", said Christopher at the press conference. "After such a successful completion of the elections in Bosnia it is now possible to eliminate the economic sanctions against Yugoslavia", said the American Secretary of State. It is well known that by the Security Council Resolution of November 22, 1995 it was stipulated that the sanctions against Yugoslavia will be finally lifted ten days after the elections in Bosnia are completed. This date will expire next week, but it is still not specified whether this term of ten days will be calculated from September 14th, when the voting took place or from yesterday when the electoral results were announced. (Politika ekspres, September 19, 1996)[02] GREECE IS EXPECTING FULL ELIMINATION OF SANCTIONS AGAINST YUGOSLAVIAGreek Government profoundly believes that now, after the completed elections in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the other provisions of the Dayton Agreement should also fully and consistently be implemented, stated the spokesman of the Government in Athens Dimitris Kostas. Greek businessmen are very impatiently waiting for the elimination of the last barrier, i.e. of the so-called exterior wall of sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, stated one of the distinguished Greek businessman, President of the Trading and Maritime Company "SILINK", Jorgos Karaulis. "Without the FR of Yugoslavia, which is together with Greece one of the economically strongest countries of the region, economic prosperity of the region can not be conceived", said Karaulis and added: "This what Serbia and Yugoslavia are needing now is the capital, and it will come into the country as soon as the sanctions are lifted, because the country is offering sufficient guarantees for safe investments". (Politika, September 19, 1996)[03] CHINESE-YUGOSLAV PROTOCOL ON COOPERATION SIGNEDMixed Yugoslav-Chinese Commission for Scientific and Technical Cooperation adjourned yesterday several days of work by signing of the Protocol on Cooperation between the two countries in these fields. Protocol established the list of 10 projects for a long-term cooperation in which are dominant projects in the field of agriculture, petrochemistry, oil industry and telecommunications, and the list of 22 projects oriented at the solution of specific scientific and technical problems and introduction of high technology in many fields. (Borba, September 19, 1996)[04] BUNDESTAG DELEGATION IN YUGOSLAVIADelegation of the Committee for Economics of the German Bundestag, headed by Ernest Shwandhold, was received yesterday by the Deputy Federal Prime Minister Jovan Zebic and the Federal Minister for Trade Djordje Siradovic. The guests were informed of the orientation of our country on the promotion of the relations with the European Union. During the meetings, the joint interest was emphasized for the relations between the two countries to be promoted and for the economic cooperation to be intensified. The counterparts agreed that it is necessary promptly to prepare cooperation projects, so that they will be ready for realization when the conditions are fulfilled. In the meantime, it was stated, there are possibilities for cooperation between medium-size and small enterprises. (Vecernje novosti, September 19, 1996)[05] ENERGY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY PRESENTEDThe expert study "Energy Development Strategy Until the Year 2020, with the Vision of the FR of Yugoslavia in the Year 2050", made by the experts of the Faculty of Economics of Belgrade, was presented yesterday to the Federal Government, in the presence of the Government representatives, competent ministries, scientific institutions, manufacturers and businessmen. While qualifying this study as a strategic document, Deputy Prime Minister of the Federal Government Nikola Sainovic underlined that the main task of the energy field as an entity, is to become a vital element of the economic recovery. Director of the Institute for Economics Danko Djunic said that this strategy is indicating at the development lines and is instructing the state what to do over the next 50 years. The experts are estimating that until the year 2000 it is necessary to construct new electric power plant capacities of some 5.1 thousand mega wat, and that the capital investments in the energy development are estimated at some 29 billion dollars. (Borba, September 19, 1996)[06] MERCEDES RETURNS TO OUR MARKETBelgrade foreign trade company "Ineks Interexport" is expected to sign early in October an agreement with the German "Mercedes" company on the establishment of a joint company, which will mark the return of the German car-manufacturing giant to the Yugoslav market. The joint company will have the majority of capital held by the German partner (51 percent) and will deal in sales and servicing of passenger cars, freight vehicles and busses. It is expected that "Mercedes" will also continue its cooperation with FAP, "Ikarus" and "Neobus". (Politika, September 19, 1996)[07] FINAL RESULTS FOR PRESIDENCY OF BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINAChief of the mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (O.S.C.E.), Robert Frowick, announced yesterday in Sarajevo the final electoral results for the Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Alija Izetbegovic obtained slightly less than 730,000 votes, Momcilo Krajisnik obtained slightly more than 690,000 votes and Kresimir Zubak over 340,000 votes. On the basis of these data, according to Frowick's explanation, over the next two years the President of the Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina, in which there will be an equitable representation of the representatives of all the three national communities, will be Alija Izetbegovic. Otherwise, in the area of the Muslim-Croat Federation a total of 1,295,000 eligible voters took part at the elections, and in the Republic of Srpska 1,023,000 eligible voters. (Politika, September 19, 1996)[08] SECURITY COUNCIL AGAIN IS ONLY CONCERNEDSecurity Council is again, for the fifth time after last-year's attack of the Croat Army on Krajina, dealing these days with Croatia, i.e. with the violation of human rights of the Serbian population. In the text of the statement for the press by the President of the Council, which will maybe be approved at the Thursday session of the Council, it is stated that, in spite of certain improvements, this small number of Serbs who have remained are still exposed to harassment, pressures and various other forms of abuse and discrimination. The Security Council, states the texts of the statement, expresses its deep concern because the citizens of Krajina and Western Slavonia are still not having an adequate protection of the Croat authorities, and are therefore, exposed to attacks, plunder and various harassment. (TANJUG, September 19, 1996)[09] SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE NEWS BRIEFS: "AFTER THE FIRST GENERAL ELECTIONS IN BOSNIA - POSSIBILITIES AND TEMPTATIONS OF PEACE"The success of the first general elections in Bosnia-Herzegovina has removed many doubts in the feasibility of such a complex procedure for which there were no precedents. The anxieties have also been quieted that the entire Dayton-Paris project for ending of the war in this new state community may be broken on this most important of challenges.Being much more necessary than decorative, and much more unavoidable than enthusiastically accepted, these elections of September 14, 1996 are opening the path for further calming down of the entire region. Nevertheless, chances are not firm guarantees for the desired course of this most complicated constitutional and political, inter-ethnic social and economic as well as military project. The voting response has shown that all of the three autochthonous and constituent peoples of Bosnia-Herzegovina - Serbs, Croats and Muslims of the Yugoslav origin - have accepted the voting polls as the means superior to bullets and grenades. If all the three sides, their leaderships and exterior participants, are to endure in this option, peace will finally find its way in the unstable multi-ethnic and for foreign expansionists always attractive heart of the Balkans. It is true that in all the three sides the national teams won the victory. Nevertheless, their behavior can no longer be euphoric and militant, as it was from the beginning of the secessionist breaking -down of Yugoslavia. And neither is their dominance within the national and religious camps any longer untouchable. Everyone has accepted the Dayton Accords as a firm obligation, although all the time there is a very noticeable intention of the Muslim leadership for the foreign military aid and the influence of the Islamic centers to be used for a new military count-down with Serbs and Croats, in the name of "a single and internationally recognized state of Bosnia" which never existed and which does not exist today. The establishment of all the state institutions which are foreseen by the peace agreement is an extremely complex job, and the path towards changes in the psychological and political attitudes expressed also at the elections will greatly depend on the behavior of the foreign control factors. The bias which could well be noticed so many times already, is certainly not a good direction for the stabilization of the conditions of life in the entire Bosnia-Herzegovina and around it. The perseverance, however, on equality of all the three peoples in Bosnia, patience and flexibility in the further implementation of the Dayton Agreement and a decisive confrontation to its revision are the right path for all the representatives of the international community. The role of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and especially the contribution of the President of Serbia Slobodan Milosevic to the overall Dayton peace program and these elections, still remain the source of greatest hopes that the positive changes in the political spectrum of Bosnia-Herzegovina will bear new fruit. Therefore, lifting of all sanctions of the international community against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Republic of Srpska represents an extremely important next step on the path of peace. Anyway, this was foreseen in the Security Council Resolution of November 22, 1995. Neither the Dayton clauses nor the above stated Resolution and no other source at that, are foreseeing or allowing for any new conditioning of this decision, which, on the other hand, will also be of extreme importance for the final stabilization of the situation in this part of the Balkans. D. Milic, Political analyst Serbia Today Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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